SWISS CONSORTIUM I SRI LANKA Swiss Solidarity – SDC – Swiss Red Cross - HECKS CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I 10’600 HOUSES March 2008 / SRC / C. Ubertini

24 December affected districts 35’000 killed 500’000 displaced 120’000 houses damaged 300 public facilities damaged 600’000 existing IDP’s (conflict) FACTS SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA

DAMAGES SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA

RELOCATION (DONOR DRIVEN) 2005 / 200 m 2006 / 50 m 2006: Change of policy Relaxation of BZ to 50 m (owner driven) Inside BZ > Relocation Contractor build houses (donor driven) Outside BZ > in situ Beneficiary build houses (owner driven) Buffer Zone (BZ) Cash for Repair and Reconstruction Program ca. 80’000 Houses POLICY SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA

Trincomalee (SRC) Matara (HECKS) A house for a house Multi-conditional cash grant USD 2’500 fully damaged USD 1’000 partly damaged Funded by WB, KFW, ADB, SDC Swiss Support Structure Trincomalee and Matara Budget CHF 15 Mio Topping-up USD 2’500 by (I)NGO Colombo (SDC) CONCEPT SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA

Trincomalee (SRC) Matara (HECKS) 2005 – 2007 (3 years) 10’629 homes rehabilitated (7’288 Partly / 3’341 Fully) = ca. 10% housing needs country wise Colombo (SDC) Ca. 50’000 persons USD 13.5 Mio (ca. CHF 19 Mio) Project audited GoSL: Consortium approach as “model” for housing project in SL RESULTS SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA

1st Rs.50’000 Foundation 2nd Rs.60’000 Walls BASE GRANT (Rs.250’000) Funded by People of CH 3rd Rs.80’000 Roof 4th Rs.60’000 Floor / plast. 5th Rs.100’00 Toilet TOPPING-UP (min. Rs.250’000) Funded and monitored by other (I)NGO. In Trincomalee: funded by RC and monitored by SRC 6th Rs.80’000 Joinery 7th Rs.70’000 Completion INSTALLMENTS SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA

2005 – July 2006 Phase 1 Full access July 2006 – July 2007 Phase 2 + Top-up Restricted access TRINCOMALEE - SITUATION SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA

402 Without top-up Rs.250’ Repaired h. Rs.100’000 24% Tamils 69% Muslim 6% Sinhalese 1561 New houses Rs.500’000 Kinniya Kuchchaveli Town & Gravets Muthur Eachilampatu 4378 CfRR (completed Dec-07) 2547 Donor Driven (completed Oct-07 source: GA office) TRINCOMALEE - FIGURES SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA

GoSL / Ministry of Finance (Treasury) People’s bank RADA (Recon. and Development Authority) VRC (Village Rehabilitation Committee) NHDA (National Housing Dev. Authority) UDA (Urban Dev. Authority) DGC (Divisional Grievance Committee) Swiss Support Structure Local Authorities (GA, DS, GN) Topping-up donor PARTNERS SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA Policy, guidelines deadlines, etc Local monitoring Implementation Fund transfers Grievance

Assessment ( NHDA, VRC, DS) DS Signs State bank Beneficiary Builds Verification ( NHDA) Random checks Registration Payment update Randokm checks GoSL Swiss party DATABASE GoSL TreasurySwiss Refund PROCEDURE (INITIAL) SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA

Assessment (NHDA, VRC, DS) Verification DS Signs State bank Beneficiary Bank account Verification Base grant Vouchers Record of assessment GoSL TreasurySwiss Refund Top-up Vouchers Registration Payment update Database DATABASE Building GoSL Swiss party PROCEDURE (FINAL) SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA

DATABASE SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA

DATABASE SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA

MONITORING SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA Field reportDatabase ! PICTURES !

MONITORING SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA Beneficiary Field reportDatabasePayment order Bank Manager Project Manager

MONITORING SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA Field reportDatabasePayment orderBen.’s bank account

Database Management Field verification Assistance to beneficiary Monitor base-grants and top-ups payments Coordination with GoSL and partners Support local partners with cash and kinds Capacity building of NHDA Identify small complementary projects SWISS SUPPORT STRUCTURE SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA 1 Project Manager (expat) Field office with 22 local employees 10 field officers 3 Database officers

STRENGTHS Motivation and identification In situ reconstruction Cost efficiency Speed Quality Help local micro economy Not prone to corruption WEAKNESSES Changes of policy Never ending registration period Inequity Tsunami/war affected NEHRP excluded by GoSL Base grant insufficient Lack of top-ups in N.-E. (conflict) No decision power in local banks Partly = controversial category SWOT SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA OPPORTUNITIES Develop alternative model for future reconstruction projects (war affected) THREATS Control of the money flow Control of the field monitoring Control of the beneficiary list

VARIETY SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA

COMMUNITY WORK SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA

TECHNICAL SUPPORT SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA

Fylers / factsheetPoster Reportage Stories and pictures signboards VISIBILITY SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA

Swiss Red Cross in Sri Lanka Trincomalee office: 74/6 Central Road Orr's Hill, Trincomalee Tel: Fax: Colombo office: 22b Maitland Crescent Colombo 7 Tel: CONTACT SWISS CONSORTIUM Swiss Solidarity SDC Swiss Red Cross HECKS I CASH FOR REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION I SRI LANKA